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Hamdan Ballal, one of the co-directors of the Oscar-winning documentary ”No Other Land”, was beaten by Israeli settlers and detained by the Israeli military on Monday in the occupied West Bank. This incident occurred in the village of Susiya, where Ballal was living. Ballal was one of three Palestinians detained in the area, and although the Israeli military claims that ...

Canada’s new Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday called a snap election for April 28, seeking a stronger mandate as his country fights off a trade war and annexation threats from US President Donald Trump. “I’ve just requested that the governor general dissolve parliament and call an election for April 28. She has agreed,” Carney said, referring to King Charles ...

Protests erupted across multiple Turkish cities on Friday as people rallied against the arrest of Istanbul’s mayor and top rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, despite the Turkish leader’s stern warning that street protests would not be tolerated, reports AP. In Istanbul, police used pepper spray, tear gas and rubber bullets to push back hundreds of protesters who tried to ...

The United States fell to its lowest happiness ranking ever partly due to a rise in the number of Americans eating their meals alone, an annual UN-sponsored report said Thursday. Finland ranked as the world’s happiest country for the eighth straight year in the World Happiness Report, with locals and experts thanking its grand lakes and strong welfare system for ...

At least 50 people have been killed in Khartoum over the past week due to attacks by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), according to rescuers. The violence is escalating as fighting between the RSF and the Sudanese army for control of the capital continues. The Khartoum Emergency Response Room, a network of volunteers coordinating aid across Sudan, reported that ...

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are scheduled for a phone call on Tuesday, which is expected to be a pivotal moment in efforts to end the ongoing war in Ukraine, now in its fourth year. Both sides have expressed optimism over recent discussions between Washington and Moscow, with high-level talks seen as necessary to address the ...

At least 32 people were killed in two separate bus accidents in Mexico on Monday, according to authorities. In Oaxaca state, a bus overturned on a highway, resulting in 18 deaths. Twelve others were hospitalized with injuries. The crash occurred near the community of Santo Domingo Narro, and authorities have launched an investigation into the cause of the accident. Reports ...

Israel will adopt the proposal by US President Donald Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza for the Ramadan and Passover periods, the prime minister’s office said early on Sunday, hours after the first phase of the previously agreed ceasefire was set to expire, reports Arab News. On the first day of Witkoff’s proposal, half of the ...

The holy month of Ramadan will begin in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, as the crescent moon has been sighted. The Saudi Moon Sighting Committee confirmed the sighting on Friday evening, marking the start of the ninth month of the Islamic Hijri calendar. According to a report by Arab News, the moon was sighted from various observation centers, including Sudair and ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany’s conservative CDU/CSU bloc, is set to tackle the challenging task of forming a new coalition government following his electoral victory. With his party securing over 28% of the vote, Merz defeated Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) and the Greens, while the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) also saw significant success with more than 20%. ...